A chance conversation we were having, revealed that two to three alumni from Indian School Of Business, Hyderabad, directly join the social sector every year.

We explored further and found that more MBA graduates from other B-schools such as IIFM, Bhopal and Oxford Said Business SchooL, UK were involved in the industry of giving back.

When it comes to working in the social sector, the obvious question is: what are the differences in the nature of work vis-à-vis the corporate sector?

"The work is very varied just as it is in the corporate sector. A person has to find his or her niche in this sector. However, even though the same skills are utilised on the job, the context of the work is very different and this is a very important difference,” says ISB alumnus Mrinalini Shastry, who has been involved in the social sector for over five years.

Abhishek Gupta, head of Hole-in-the-Wall Education puts it very simply. "I didn't want work to be 'work'. I work in this sector due to selfish reasons! It makes me happy. It is not a selfless job in my opinion and a typical day in the social sector is pretty much like a typical day in the corporate sector," he explains.

"I attend meetings, spend time strategising, planning, coordinating activities and implementing them," he explains.

Abhishek puts forth an interesting point,"An important difference is that the business objective has to be long-term when it comes to work in this sector. Impact assessment becomes different and the effectiveness of an employee cannot be gauged by way of profits".

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